Dawne MacKay-Chiddenton, BSW, MSW is presently the Academic Coordinator in the Child and Youth Care Diploma Program at Red River College in Winnipeg Manitoba. Before this she was a “front line” CYC practitioner & supervisor for 20 years working with vulnerable youth and families in out of home care. She is co-authoring a text book on mental health literacy for child and youth care practitioners to be published by Pearson in 2015.